Will There Be A US Troop Drawdown in Iraq?

By: Jason Cunningham (8/4/2005)

 When Democrats even mentioned the possibility of bringing home some Us troops during the 2004 Election, they were admonished dearly by conservatives in politics and in the media, and considered not be serious about the "War on Terror." Fast forward to 2005, and now its Republicans who are grumbling behind closed doors.

As we get closer to the 2006, Congressional elections, you can be sure that some Republicans will break ranks with President over the War in Iraq. President Bush was relentless yesterday, and drowned the thought of pulling out troops in Iraq until the job is done. He claims we should be focused on this war, a word that has not been heard from the White House in a couple of weeks, by these pesky news watcher's ears. The President does not have to run for re-election, so if he chooses to keep the troop level in Iraq steady, then the American people who have lost faith in his policy may vote their Republican Congress person right out of office next year.

Something radically needs to be done in Iraq to put a strong police and military presence there, that is made primarily of the Iraqi people. Getting Iraqis to defend themselves should be the catalyst for bringing more troops home. The talk about the War in Iraq going well has been momentarily stopped by the number of US troops deaths. Time will tell if the President will change his mind about withdrawing troops, however I am very confident he will.

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